Salem Presbytery meeting July 18th at Starmount Presbyterian Church in Greensboro visit www.salempresbytery.org to download the packet after July 10th.
What happens on a sabbatical?
www.postsfromronshive.blogspot.com
Follow Reverend Ron Shive’s Sabbatical Blog during the summer of 2009, the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, NC. The focus of the sabbatical is “Creed, Culture, and Cuisine: Critical Components of the Three Abrahamic Faiths.” Ron’s travels will take him to Italy, Israel, and Jordan.
Salem Presbytery Church Prayer List
Week of the 5th - First Presbyterian Church in Eden, Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Logan Church in Scotts
Week of the 12th - Riverview Church in Eden, Shady Side Church in Lexington, Red House Church in Semora
Week of the 19th - Elkin Church in Elkin, Love Valley Church in Love Valley, Siler City Church in Siler City
Week of the 26th - Cameron Church in Elmwood, Madison Church in Madison, Sparta Church in Sparta
Stewardship Workshops with Tom Norwood in August
25th at First Presbyterian Church – Burlington
26th at First Presbyterian Church – Statesville
27th at Highland Presbyterian Church – Winston-Salem
The workshops will be from 7:00-8:30 p.m. each night.
Registration is not required, birng a snack and drink, please make all efforts to attend. For more resourses on stewardship and directions visit www.salempresbytery.org, “Resources,” “Stewardship.”
Mark your calendar: September 26th Salem Presbyterian Woman Fall Gathering, at the First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury, all Presbyterian women welcome. More information to follow.
What is happening next door?
What are other churches doing in the community?
Could we join in a mission together?
Find similarities, identify differences, face all types of situations, and share ideas with others.
Come and join with those churches near you.
It is time for your West Neighborhood Gathering, July 16th at 12 o’clock at North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church (804 “E” Street, 28659)
Forming a book discussion group
Help us find a representative from all the churches to consider sending a special saint who has a passion for the educational ministry of their congregation to contact me, Libby Gygax about joining. The planning team wants to order the books and get them to the participants by the end of the month. We would get together on the third Thursday of the month of July, August, September and October. There is no cost for the books and some may want to go to the Educator Retreat November 12-13, 2009 for further discussion on the book. Retreat will be paid for the first 24 people. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Please contact Libby at libbygygax@embarqmail.com, or 336-667-1288.
Help Salem Presbytery be EQUIP
There is current interest in churches in our presbytery wanting to focus on older adult ministries. Are you currently involved in older adult ministries? Do you have some ideas you would like to share? Become part of this network and contact
Jim Rissmiller at 336-501-0261 or jrissmiller@salempresbytery.org
Dear “Westerners”
I am writing to alert you about an upcoming workshop which will be scheduled in August or September depending on the availability of our workshop leader Dr. Vaughn Grisham of the University of Mississippi. No stranger to North Carolina, Vaughn has his Ph.D from UNC Chapel Hill, and has a home in Bakersville, near Spruce Pine. His specialty is leadership in communities, and he will present a two hour workshop for our neighborhood focusing on what characteristics we look for in our leaders, and then turning our attention to what is the specific, unique role that we as Christians in Churches, can play in our communities, particularly when there has been an economic shock to the community with a factory closing, or layoffs. The first workshop will be in the Eastern neighborhood on July 21 at Starmount in Greensboro. Our Western workshop will be as central as we can make it. It’s a workshop for clergy, educators, CLPs, elders and church staff as well.
Please keep an eye out for the announcement. You will thoroughly enjoy Vaughn Grisham – he is a member of the church I formerly served in Oxford, Mississippi, and a wonderfully gifted teacher. Look to the Future with Hope!
Gracefully, Sam Marshall